Grand Rounds Schedule

Location: 
GWUH Auditorium and Online (via Zoom)

GWUH Auditorium Address:
900 23rd St NW, Washington, DC 20037

Day of Week & Time:
Thursdays from 10:30am-12:00pm

 

Recurring Zoom Link

Meeting ID: 962 3062 5107
Passcode: 605431

 

Fall 2025

Date & Location Presenter(s) Title of Presentation

September 11th, 2025

Location: Virtual

Jeffrey S. Akman, MD
Professor and Chair

Leon M. Yochelson Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Benedicto Borja, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health

Program Director

Psychiatry Residency Training Program

Amir Afkhami, MD, PhD
Professor & Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs

Director of Medical Student Education

Brandon Kohrt, MD, PhD
Charles and Sonia Akman Professor in Global Psychiatry

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Global Health and Anthropology

Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Director, Center for Global Mental Health Equity

Departmental Update

September 18th, 2025

Location: GWUH Auditorium

Nancy Breslin, MD, RES '87, MFA
Artist and Writer

Seymour Perlin, MD Centennial Celebration Lecture

Medicine and Art, A Winding Path

September 25th, 2025 No Grand Rounds – PRITE exam No Grand Rounds – PRITE exam

October 2nd, 2025

Location: GWUH Auditorium

Richard Cytowic, MD, MFA
Professor of Neurology, GW SMHS
Actionable Strategies for Your Stone–Age Brain in the Screen Age? Coping with Digital Distraction & Sensory Overload

October 9th, 2025

Location: GWUH
Auditorium

Andrew Matz, MD, MPH
Medical Director, GWUH Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, GW SMHS
Case Review Conference

October 16th, 2025

Location: GWUH
Auditorium

Jun Shigemura, MD, PhD
Visiting Professor, Center for Global Mental Health Equity, GW SMHS

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Mejiro University (Saitama, Japan)
Mental Health Challenges of Disaster Workers in the Aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Accident

October 23rd, 2025

Location: GWUH Auditorium 

Julia Frank, MD
Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, GW SMHS

Jerry M. Wiener Endowed Lectures in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Evidence Based or Evidence Biassed? Jerome Frank and the Integrity of Psychiatric Diagnosis and Psychotherapy in a Factional Age

October 30th, 2025

Location: GWUH Auditorium

Courtney Forbes, PhD
Clinical Psychologist

Assistant Professor, GW Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health
Cultivating a Life of Joy and Meaning: Advances in the Treatment of Anhedonia in Affective Disorders

November 6th, 2025

Location: GWUH Auditorium

Gary Hovsepian, MD
PGY-III Resident

GW Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Discussant:

Andrew Matz
Medical Director, GWUH Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, GW SMHS 

Intergenerational Trauma in Armenia

November 13th, 2025

Location: GWUH
Auditorium

James Griffith, MD, MS
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, GW SMHS
Case Conference

November 20th, 2025

Location: GWUH Auditorium

Neal D. Barnard, MD, RES `84, FACC
Adjunct Professor of Medicine GW SMHS 

President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Seymour Perlin, MD Centennial Celebration Lecture

Nutrition, Cognitive Health, and Mood Disorders 

November 27th, 2025 No Grand Rounds – Happy Thanksgiving! No Grand Rounds – Happy Thanksgiving!

December 4th, 2025

Location: GWUH
Auditorium

Marketa Wills, MD, MBA, FAPA
CEO & Medical Director, American Psychiatric Association

Jerry M. Wiener Endowed Lectures in Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

TBD

December 11th, 2025

Location: GWUH
Auditorium

Daniel Carrero, MD
Seymour and Ruth Perlin Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health

Associate Residency Training Director, GW SMHS
Case Review Conference
December 18th, 2025 No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!
December 25th, 2025 No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!
January 1st, 2026 No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays! No Grand Rounds – Happy Holidays!

Accreditation

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing education for physicians. The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences takes responsibility for the content, quality, and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences designates this continuing medical education activity for 1.5 credit hours in Category 1 of the Physicians' Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

CME certificates will not be issued on an activity-by-activity basis. However, a transcript of CME credits earned through GW grand rounds may be requested from the Office of Continuing Education in the Health Professions by calling 202-994-4285.